Quotes by Abby Wambach

“To watch people push themselves further than they think they can, its a beautiful thing. Its really human.”

“Were a great team. We can play this game, and weve got a lot of naturally talented athletes who are ready to work to be better.”

“Right now we have a very recent goal of beating Canada and leaving this World Cup with our heads held as high as we can hold them. Theres a lot of pride in still being in the World Cup right now, and theres a lot of pride going into the next 10 months of our preparation for the Olympics.”

“For some of them its going to be their last go-round for an international event. I think thats going to be all the more motivation.”

“This game was a bit of a heartbreaker.”

“worn in gold medal game against Brazil 2-1.”

“People do this to live a healthy lifestyle and thats exactly the type of life I want to promote,”

My nephew has type 1 diabetes, and its my goal and hope that in his lifetime there will be a cure for diabetes. Theres no place better to give the money to than the Juvenile Diabetes Association.

Im fiercely patriotic, and the flag and the anthem is something that I really, really respect.

The growth of womens soccer and womens sports all around the world has been slow.

When youre a pro athlete, life is very narcissistic - everything relates back to you and how you play. When you are getting out of pro sports, you suddenly have to get a little more mindful of whats going on around you and how you affect the rest of the world.

Im going to do anything I can do - whether thats being part of FIFA or creating some sort of movement that can actually impart real equality across all lines - in every country, every city, every sector all over the world, thats what Im going to do.

From a pretty early age, my mother realized that I was a little bit more gifted and talented than my own age group. So, she moved me over to play with the boys travel soccer team when I was about 11 years old.

Ive always been motivated more by negative comments than by positive ones. I know what I do well. Tell me what I dont do well.

Its always really challenging trying to go from player to player/coach. You have a kind of friendship basis of relationship with all of your teammates, and now you go to this power position where you have to make decisions that might hurt peoples feelings.